Cuff button



Mar.' 2Q, 1923.

W. W. ROBERTS.

CUFF BUTTON.

FILED 001.4. 1922.

TLA/419,296.

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ltlNllTEll) WILLIAI@ W. ROBERTS, OF ATLANTA, GEOBJGEA.

Application filed Gctobcr 4, 1922.

To @ZZ 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, VILLIAM YW. Roeien'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and Sta-te of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Cuff Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

rlihis invention relates to a cuil" button for turn-over cuffs and the like, especially for pliable cuffs, such as worn in connection with gentleinens summer shirts.

The main object of the invention is to construct the shank of the button to pass through an outer fold of the cuff, then back around the next two inner folds and thence under and out of the last outer fold, thus allowing` a pliable cuff to be folded back different distances and securely held in the several folded positions.

Another object of the invention is to provide a. cuff button adapted for use either as an Ordinar;7 cuff button in a cuff not folded or as a button for a 'cuff folded over different distances on itself as desired.

lith the foregoing objects out-lined and other objects in view which will ap year as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly7 pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the cuff button disconnected fro-1n the cuff.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a cuff having my button inserted in the cuff which has been folded over.

Fig. 3 is an exterior view of the cuff with the button in place in a turned over position of the cuil.

In the drawings, l represents the outer head of a cuff button, and 2 the inner head, 3 is the shank of the button which,A as shown, is connected to the outer head l, thence extends at practically right angles thereto for a short distance and then is bent in a loop of more or less extent to suit the cuff into which it is to be inserted, the loop then extending backwardly and out- Scral No. 592,326.

wardly a short distance to where the shank lioins the inner head 2. 4f represents the inner fold of a cuff and 5 the folded over part of a cuff.

In case the button is worn without the cuff being folded, it simply passes through both the button holes 6 as in the ordinary cuff and button.

When the cuff is folded over as shown in Fig. 3 and in section in Fig. 2, if there is no intermediate button hole 7, it would be impossible to pass an ordinary button through the button holes 6 and 6 and under these circumstances, my button is particularly adapted for use, that is tosay, if the cuff is folded as sho-wn in Figs. 2 and 3, the head 2 of the button may be inserted through the button hole 6 with the looped shank, passed around the folds /JC and passed through the button hole 6 in the outer fold 5, in which lease the button holes of the cuff would occupy the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3,

Gf course if there was a button hole 7 opposite the button holes 6 and G, Fig. 2, either my button or an ordinary button could be used, but frequently it is desirable to extend the outer fold more or less, in which case the button holes 6 and 6 might not be opposite the button hole 7. Indeed, frequently, there is no button hole 7 at all on the cuff, in which case an ordinary button with a straight shank could not be used,

but iny button is especially adapted for use in this kind of a turn-over cuff as: illustrated in .Figures 2 and 3.

The advantages of the construction are apparent to those skilled in the art and need not be further specifically pointed out.

idlhat l claim is:

l. cuff button comprising an outer larger head and inner smaller head adapted for passage through a button hole and shank extending inwardly between the heads at right angles to the larger' head, thence looped outwardly a distance beyond the cuff edges, thence around the cuff edges and back, and joining the smaller head at right angles, as described.

2. A eul' button comprising inner and folds of the cull and the looped portion outer heads connected by a shank, said passed around the edges of the inner folds of shank comprising a looped portion eXtenda folded Cuff for the purpose described. l0 ing sufficiently beyond the heads to emi- In testimony whereof l hereunto ax my 5 brace instead of passing through the inner signature.

folds. of a folded cuff whereby the heads may be passed through button holes in the outer WILLIAM W. ROBERTS. 

